Dublin Improvement Act 1849

Clerk of the Peace of the City of Dublin hereafter to be paid by Salary.

LII. ’And whereas it is expedient that the Clerk of the Peace of the County of the City of Dublin should be paid from, henceforth by a fixed Salary, in lieu of Fees and Emoluments heretofore paid by virtue of Grand Jury Presentment or otherwise, and that the Fees and Emoluments now arising or which shall at any Time hereafter arise from the Business of the said Office, or incident thereto, shall be paid into the Borough Fund of the said Borough:’ Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act the Salary of the Clerk of the Pence for the County of the City of Dublin shall be fixed at the Sum of Eight hundred Pounds Per Annum; and that the said Clerk of the Peace shall be enabled to employ One Chief and One Assistant Clerk, removable at his Pleasure, to aid in the Discharge of the Duties of the said Office, and that the Salary of such Chief Clerk shall be fixed at the Sum of One hundred Pounds per Annum, and the Salary of such Second Clerk shall be fixed at the Sum of Seventy-five Pounds per Annum; and that the said Clerk of the Peace shall also receive the Sum of One hundred and twenty-five Pounds per Annum for all other annual Expenses incidental to the said Office and the Duties thereof, of every Nature and Kind whatsoever; and that Robert Dickenson Esquire, the present Clerk of the Peace, shall, so long as he shall continue to hold the said Office, be entitled to receive the said annual Salary of Eight hundred Pounds and the said annual Sum of One hundred and twenty-five Pounds, and his Chief Clerk for the Time being shall be entitled to receive the said annual Salary of One hundred Pounds, and his Second Clerk for the Time being shall be entitled to receive the said annual Salary of Seventy-five Pounds, which said several Sums shall be respectively paid them in full and complete Satisfaction and Remuneration for all the Duties and Services to be done and performed in the Office of the said Clerk of the Peace, or incidental thereto, and for all Expenses which shall be incurred in the Execution of the same.